Dreyer Tree » Margaretha Gertruida Smit (1852-1937)

Personal data Margaretha Gertruida Smit 


Household of Margaretha Gertruida Smit

(1) She is married to Roelof Petrus Gerhardus Dreyer.

They got married on April 2, 1883 at Standerton, ZAR, South Africa, she was 30 years old.


Child(ren):

  4. Jan Hendrik Dreyer  1891-1973


(2) She is married to Johannes Jacobus Grobler.

They got married in the year 1870, she was 17 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Margaretha Gertruida Smit

Margaretha Gertruida Smit
1852-1937

(1) 1883

Roelof Petrus Gerhardus Dreyer
1828-1892

Anna Elizabeth Dreyer
1884-1938
Roelof Petrus Gerhardus Dreyer
1886-1965
Hester Martha Aletta Dreyer
1887-????
Jan Hendrik Dreyer
1891-1973
(2) 1870

Johannes Jacobus Grobler
1850-1882


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Historical events

Birthday December 16, 1852

  • The temperature on December 16, 1852 was about 7.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1852: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • February 14 » Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, is founded in London.
    • July 3 » Congress establishes the United States' 2nd mint in San Francisco.
    • September 19 » Annibale de Gasparis discovers the asteroid Massalia from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte.
    • September 24 » The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 miles (27km) from Paris to Trappes.
    • October 11 » The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.
    • November 16 » The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.

Day of marriage April 2, 1883

  • The temperature on April 2, 1883 was about 13.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 37%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
    • June 5 » The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
    • August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
    • October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
    • November 18 » American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
    • December 21 » The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army, are formed.

Day of death July 26, 1937

  • The temperature on July 26, 1937 was between 13.0 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
    • May 26 » Walter Reuther and members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) clashed with Ford Motor Company security guards at the River Rouge Complex complex in Dearborn, Michigan, during the Battle of the Overpass.
    • May 27 » In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
    • June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
    • August 14 » The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Japanese bombers are shot down by Chinese fighters while raiding Chinese air bases.
    • September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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